Posters speak out about sexual consent

Seventy posters with a recorded message about sexual consent will be put up in central Australian remote communities next month.

The project is being run by the APY Women's Council and the Child Abuse Taskforce.

Detective Sergeant Carmen Butcher says a recorded message is helpful in communities because many people cannot read.

"Initially we were going to put up written posters in the communities but we struggled to get translation into language when talking about the topic of sex and then it was worked out that due to a lot of the people in communities not necessarily being able to read, the talking posters were a better approach," she said.

She says this is the first time posters have been used to address such a sensitive issue in remote NT communities.

"With these posters being up around the community in various locations the young people and the adults can go and just push the button and get given the 30 second message about what their rights are, what the legal age of consent is and then they will have that knowledge," she said.